>Subject: Fw: URGENT - Call for applications / ICT Entrepreneurs4D
>Fund for ICT4D Platform at WSIS
>Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 18:24:02 +0200
>
>Pls forward to ANR list and others...
>paula
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <Gabriele.Siegenthaler@deza.admin.ch>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 5:44 PM
>Subject: URGENT - Call for applications / ICT Entrepreneurs4D Fund for ICT4D
>Platform at WSIS
>
>
>> Dear all
>>
>> Below please find the Call for applications for the
>>
>> ICT Entrepreneurs 4D Fund
>>
>> that will sponsor selected small and medium sized companies from
>developing
>> and transition countries to exhibit at the ICT4D Platform at the World
>> Summit on the Information Society.
>>
>> Please feel free to widely distribute this message among your contacts.
>> As the application deadline is 20th August 2003 we thank you in advance
>for
>> your rapid action / reaction.
>>
>> With best regards
>>
>> Gabriele Siegenthaler Muinde
>> Information and Communication for Development (ICT4D) Division
>> Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
>> Tel +41 31 325 92 95 - Fax +41 31 324 04 72
>>
>>
>> Call for Applications
>>
>>
>> The ICT Entrepreneurs4D Fund ...
>>
>> ... finances
>>
>> * small and medium-sized companies and entrepreneurs
>> * from developing and transition countries
>>
>> ... to showcase their concepts, services and products in the Exhibition at
>> the ICT4D Platform (Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for
>> Development (4D) Platform) in Geneva in December 2003 during the UN World
>> Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
>>
>> The ICT Entrepreneurs4D Fund is sponsored by the Swiss Government,
>> represented by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). It
>is
>> administered by Otto Frei AG, the Project Team of the ICT4D Platform.
>>
>>
>> Who Can Apply ?
>> Organisations that pursue commercial activities in the area of ICT, are
>> registered and active in developing and transition countries and employ a
>> maximum 50 employees.
>> Entrepreneurs with commercial ideas in a pilot phase as well as
>established
>> companies qualify.
>>
>>
>> What Is Financed ?
>> Financing includes the cost for the surface and stand at the Exhibition as
>> well as travel cost and accommodation for 1 representative. The exhibition
>> material and decoration of the stand is not normally included and is to be
>> paid for by the exhibiting company or entrepreneur.
>>
>>
>> What Are the Selection Criteria ?
>> Innovative concepts, services and products that contribute to the
>effective
>> use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).
>> Companies from least developed countries will be given preference.
>>
>>
>> What is the advantage of showcasing at the ICT4D Platform ?
>> The Platform will be the largest ever such event and brings together
>private
>> sector, governmental organisations and civil society. It is a market place
>> where applications, products, services and projects are showcased and
>> synergies sought. The Platform will stimulate concrete multi-stakeholder
>> deals, action-oriented partnerships and joint programmes. The debate will
>> extend to the role of the private sector in realising the potential of ICT
>> for development and the question of adequate and innovative financing
>models
>> and options.
>>
>>
>> How to Apply ?
>> Please go to www.ict-4d.org <http://www.ict-4d.org> or fill the attached
>> Application Form and send it to: info@ict-4d.org
>> The application dead-line is 20 August 2003.
>>
>> <<03.07.29 - Call for Applications - Aim of Fund + Call f Applications -
>> Final.doc>> <<Entrepreneurs_lay2.pdf>>
>>
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